Hose-reel.



H. W. BLAISDELL & G. P. BALDWIN.

HOSE REEL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 16, 1907.

H. W` BLAISDELL & G. P. BALDWIN.

HOSE REEL.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 1e, 1907.

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HIRAM W. BLAISDELL AND GEORGE P.

BALDWIN, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

HOSE-REEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led July 16, 1907.

Patented June l, 1909. Serial No. 384,065.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HIRAM W. BLAIS- be DELL and GEORGE l). BALDwiN,citizens of the United States, tively, of Los Angeles, in the county ofLos Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Hose-Reels, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to improvements in hose reels with particularreference to a device adapted to be used in connection with apparatusemployed in water purifying and filtration plants. Such apparatus isdesigned to be employed for the purpose of cleaning or removing thebacteria laden sand of the filter and of returning cleaned sand to thefilter and distributing the saine over the bed thereof. Suitableflexible connections with suoli apparatus are desirable to convey thesand and a vehicle, such as water, from and to the filter, and ourinvention finds a particular application in connection with such usealthough it is in no wise restricted thereto.

7e have described and illustrated our invention in connection with meansfor removing the sand and its vehicle from the filter, although it is aswell applicable to carrying sand and its vehicle to obvious.

In the following is described, in connection With the accompanyingdrawings, one ernbodiment of the invention, with modifications, thefeatures thereof being more particularly pointed out hereinafter in theclaims.

In the drawings li'igure l is a plan view illustrating one form of theinvention; lf ig. 2 is a front elevation partly in longitudinal sectionof Eig. l; iig. 3 is a cross sectional view on the line A-B of l" ig. 1;Big. 4 illustrates a modied form of construction showing a winding drumor' reel adapted to carry a series of supply and exhaust hose Iig. 5 isa side elevation of one form of the winding drum and s eed changingmechanism lig. 6 is a side elevation of a reel similar to that shown inlligs. l, 2 and 3, having a speed changing mechanism applied thereto;Isig. 7 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of one form of clutchcontrol mechanism, and Fig. 8 is an enlarged elevation of one form ofsand ejector means.

Similar numerals of reference indicate similar parts throughout theseveral views.

and residents, respec by any the filter, as will be rlhe apparatus asillustrated is adapted to supported from and moved along tracks orrunways 1, 1, which are in turn supported suitable means, not shown. Themam carriage comprises longitudinal frames 2, 2, and end frames 3, 3,held together at their points of intersection by means of web plates 4,4, which latter may have upwardly turned portions 5, 5, adapted to formbearings for driving shafts 6 and 7, said shafts carrying at their outerends wheels 8, 3, adapted to run on tracks 1, 1.

9, 10 and 11 are cross frames or bars suitably mounted on and bridgingacross the longitudinal frames 2, 2. Bearings 12 and 13 are mounted onbars 9 and 10 respectively, bearing 13 being adapted to receive one endof a shaft 14 carrying a beveled gear 15, the other end of shaft 14finding a bearing in a sleeve 16 mounted in bearing 12 and carrying abeveled gear 17. Shaft 14 and sleeve 16 carry a clutch mechanismcomprising a member 13 keyed on shaft 14 and a member 19 keyed on sleeve16. The member 19 is provided with a collar 2O having a circumferentialgroove 21 formed therein adapted to receive pins 22, 22, on the upperends of levers 23, 23, pivoted at 24 from bar 9. The collar 25 isprovided to limit the motion of member 19 of the clutch mechanism. Thelower ends of levers 23, 23, are pivotally connected to an internallyscrew-threaded collar 26, engaging a screw threaded portion 27 on ashaft 23 provided at each end with a hand wheel 29 and mounted in theframes or bars 30 depending from bars 2, 2, said bars 30 forming aportion of the reel supporting frame, as hereinafter described. Throughthe means described the clutch mechanism can be readily actuated fromeither side of the machine.

31 is a cross shaft turning in bearings on bars 2, 2, and carrying abeveled gear 32 at each end adapted to engage gears 33, 33, on drivingshafts 6 and 7 respectively, and beveled gear 34 adapted to engage gear17 on sleeve 16.

The reel supporting frame is suspended from the main carriage andcomprises depending bars 30, 30, 35, 35, and cross bars 36. The reel asshown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 comprises a shaft 37 hollowed above and belowas at 33 and 39, said hollowed portions being separated from each otherby a solid portion 40, as shown, and a drum 41 preferably castintegrally therewith and having a lco circumferential rim 42 providedwith sockets 43 adapted to receive the inner ends of spokes 44 whichlatter carry rims 45 at their outer ends. Web plates 46 connecting theshaft 37 and the rim 42 serve as an additional support for the drum.Shaft 37 finds a bearing at its lower end in a casting 47 whichcomprises a hollow neck portion 48 communicating' with port 49, saidportion 48 being adapted to fit into hollow portion 39 in shaft 37, andan annular frame portion 50 supported on cross bars 36 and carrying aflange 51 on which the drum 41 is adapted to rest.

52 is a thin strip of material, such as steel, interposed between theface of drum 41 and flange 51, on which the rcel rests as it turns withshaft 37. A stuffing box 53 is provided to insure water and air tightconnection between port 49 and hollow neck portion 48.

Shaft 37 finds a bearing at its upper end in a casting 54 supported fromthe main carriage by means of flanges or webs 55, 55. Casting 54comprises an annular portion 56 provided with an annular chamber 57adapted to communicate with openings 58 in the hollow portion 38 ofshaft 37, and a hollow projecting portion 59 adapted to form a port 60for communication with chamber' 57. Shaft 37 at its upper end carries agear 61 adapted to engage gear 15 on shaft 14.

62, 62, are suitable stuffing boxes through which shaft 37 passesrendering the respective part thereof water and air tight.

63 is a supply hose adapted to be wound on the reel between the top andmiddle series of spokes 44 connectingr at one end with a suitable watersupply under pressure (not shown), and at the other end with a coupling64 Fig. 1 communicating with hollow portion 38 of shaft 37. 65 is anexhaust hose adapted to be wound on the reel between the middle andlower series of spokes 44 connecting at one end with a coupling (notshown) communicating with hollow neck portion 48 of casting 47 anddischarging at any suitable place at the other end.

66 is an auxiliary frame suitably fastened to the bottom of the reelsupporting frame as on cross bars 36 and having an up-turned portion 67carrying rollers 68 over which the iose 63 and 65 are adapted to pass asthey are being wound or unwound.

69 is a sand ejector comprising a hopper 70 mounted on casting 71, saidcasting 71 being in turn pivotally mounted on the outer ends of bracketarms 72, 72, as at 73, the inner ends of said arms 72 72 being alsopivotally mounted as at 74 to supporting bracket 75, rigidly fastened toreel frame 36 by means of suitable bolts. Casting 71 contains acompartment or mixing chamber 76, communieating with water supply hose77 and exhaust hose 78 and into which hopper 70 discharges. Supply hose77 connects port 60 and ejector nozzle 79 mounted in casting 71 andextending` slightly beyond the inner wall thereof into chamber 76.Exhaust hose 78 connects port 49 and tap connection 80 in casting 71communicating with the other side of chamber 76 from ejector nozzle 79.

81 is a threaded adjusting rod pivotally mounted as at 82 on yoke 83fastened to upper bracket arms 7 2, as at 84.

85 is a supporting arm or auxiliary frame piece fastened to one of thelongitudinal beams 2, by any suitable means (not shown),

and has at its outer end a threaded socket 86 adapted to receivethreaded adjusting rod 81, the required adjustment being accomplished bymeans of adjusting head 87 which normally rests on and bears againstauxiliary frame piece 85, the object of said adjustment being to raiseor lower the sand ejector means to any desired working plane and at thesame time maintain its parallel osition.

Fig. 4 of the drawings il ustrates a modification showing a double reelin which two supply hose and two discharge hose are adapted to cooperatewith two sand ejector means, one of which may be arranged at each sideof the apparatus, the reel being supported substantially as hereinabovedescribed. The reel comprises a drum 92 and a shaft 88 preferably castintegrally therewith and hollowed above and below as at 89 and 90, saidhollowed portions being separated from each other by a solid portion 91.Shaft 88 corresponds with shaft 37 as above described and the drum isprovided with rims 42 preferably stepped as shown, having sockets 43adapted to receive spokes 44 carrying rims 45 substantially as describedabove. Shaft 88 carries flanges or webs 93, 94, 95 and 96 for thepurposes hereinafter described. Said shaft finds a bearing at its lowerend in auxiliary frame 66 as` at 97, and at its upper end in a casting98, suitably supported from the main frame, and resting on flanges 93 onthe shaft. Casting 98 is provided with a hollow projecting portion 99 towhich sand ejector supply pipe 100 is adapted to be coupled. An annularchamber 101, in casting 98 and surrounding shaft 88, is adaptedtocommunicate with hollow portion 891 through openings 102. Supply hose103 is adapted to discharge into the lower end of hollow portion 89 asshown. The upper portion of drum 92 surrounding shaft 88 is hollowe'dout to form a chamber 104 communicating with supply hose 105. il casting106, resting on flanges 94 and the walls of chamber 104 closes the topof the chamber and is provided with a hollow projecting portion 107 towhich the sand ejector supply pipe 108 is adapted to be coupled.Suitable stuffing boxes arev provided for rendering the connections airand water tight. Hollow portion 90 of shaft 88 Y connects at one endwith the discharge hose 109 and at the other with sand ejectorexhaustpipe 11() coupled to projecting portion 111 of casting 112 resting onflanges 96, an annular chamber 113 being formed between the casting andthe shaft communicating with hollow portion 96 of the shaft throughopenings 114. The bottom portion of drum Q2 surrounding shaft 88 is alsohollowed out to 'form a chamber 115 communicating with discharge hose116. A casting 117 resting on flanges and the walls of chamber 115closes the bottom of the chamber and is provided with a hollowprojecting portion 113 to which sand ejector exhaust 119 is adapted tobe coupled. Suitable stuffing boxes may be provided to render theconnections described air and water tight.

Fig. 5 illustrates a further modicatien, including a means of changingthe speed at which the reel drum Winds or unwinds the hose thereon. 120is a shaft having mounted at its lower end a reel drum 121 adapted tocarry two sets of supply iose 122 and 123 and a single exhaust hose 124.125 is a port casing adapted te receive hose connections 126 and 127comprising the means of communication between the water supply and thesand ejector means. 123 is an. auxiliary shaft mounted in bearing 129 insupporting beam 130 fastened to upwardly extending portion 67 oftheauxiliary frame 66 of the reel frame, said shaft 12S carrying a frictiondisx 131 at its lower end and a beveled gear 132 at its upper end, saidgear 132 engaging driving gear 1,33 on auxiliary driving shaft 134supported in bearing 135 on beam 130. Shaft 120 carries at its upper enda friction disk 136 corresponding to and in alinement with friction disk131 on auxiliary shaft 123. 137 is a shaft finding bearings in upwardlyextending portion 67 of the reel frame, as at 13S, and bearing 139,depending from beam 130, and is adapted to have slidably mounted thereona friction wheel 1.40. Friction wheel 140 has cast therewith a collar141 having cut therein a groove adapted to receive ring band 142 towhich a rod 143 is attached as at 144. 145 is a spur gear mounted onshaft 137 and adapted to engage elongated face gear 146 on rod 143. 147is a shaft finding bearings at one end in bearing 14S depending frombeam 130 and at the other end in supporting frame 30, said shaft 147having mounted thereon a cam 149 engaging cam 150 on rod 143. A spurgear 151 on shaft 1.47 actuates idlers 152 and 153, idler 1.53 engagingspur gear 154 on auxiliary7 drive shaft 134.

Fig. 6 of the drawings illustrates, on a smaller scale, the speedchanging means shown in Fig. 5 as applied to the device shown in Figs.1, 2 and 3.

In operation the device is run along tracks or runways 1, 1, at anydesired speed either attached to or separate from its cooperatingcleansing or distributing machine. It is preferable that the device beconnected with and drawn by its coperating machine. 1t is obvious thatthe device will not be in condition to operate until the clutch control.is actuated to engage, so that it may be run to any desired point andthen by means of the clutch control placed in condition for operation.To accomplish this hand wheel 2Q, on either side of themachinc, isactuated causing arms 23 to force member 19 into engagement with member13 on shaft 14. Motion is then transmitted from wheels 8, 3, on shafts 6and 7 to gears 33, 33, engaging gears 32, 32, on cross shaft 31, causinggear 34 to transmit motion through the clutch control mechanism. onshaft 14 to gear 15, which latter actuates gear 61 on shaft 37.

Referring more particularly to the forni of device shown in Figs. 1, 2and 3, the supply hose 63 having been connected with a suitable supplymain (not shown), conducts the water into hollow portion 3S in shaft 37,thence it passes out through openings 58, port 60 and hose connection 77to the sand ejector 69, carrying the sand into exhaust hose 65,preferably connected up with an exhauster (not shown), and causing sandand water to be drawn from the sand ejector through exhaust hose 78 andport 49. Hose 65 may be adapted te discharge its lead in any suitableplace and manner. It is ob- Ivious that the hose mounted on the reeldrum is wound or unwound while the supply and exhaust means are inactual operation. To regulate the speed of the winding and unwindingmeans, motion is transmitted through gear 61 on shaft 37 to gear 132 onshaft 123 causing gear 133 on shaft 134 to actuate gear 154 engagingidler 153 which latter engages idler 152 causing power to be transmittedto gear 151 on shaft 147 which in turn through cams 149 and 150 causeselongated face gear 146 to travel longitudinally at a predetermined rateacross the face of gear 145 on shaft 137. The movement of said elongatedface gear 146 across the face of gear 145 causes friction wheel 14() totravel across the faces of friction disks 131 and 136 toward the centerof said friction disks, the forward and lateral movement of saidfriction wheel 140 across the faces of said friction disks changing therate of speed at which the winding and unwinding means is driven.

1t is not necessary to further describe the mode of operation of thevarious modiiications disclosed as the same is obvious in connectionwith the drawings and the foregoing description.

It is obvious that the principles of the device disclosed are applicablein many ways, that the device is not restricted to use in connectionwith filtering plants, and that the details thereof may be widely variedwithout departing from the spirit of our invention.

What we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates is :-4

1. In a device of the character described a frame, a shaft mountedtherein, a chamber in said shaft, a reel carried by said shaft, a hoseon said reel adapted to communicate with said chamber and means carriedby said frame to actuate said shaft to wind and unwind said reel.

2. ln a device of the character described a frame, a shaft mountedtherein, chambers in said shaft, a reel carried by said shaft, hose onsaid reel, one hose being adapted to communicate with one of saidchambers and another hose with another of said chambers, a connectionbetween said chambers and means carried by the frame to actuate said jshaft to wind and unwind said reel.

3. ln a device of the character described a frame, a shaft mountedtherein, chambers in said shaft, a reel carried by said shaft, hose onsaid reel, one hose boing adapted to com- 1 municate with one of saidcham bers and another hose with another of said chambers, a connectionbetween said chambers, sand rev ception means in said connection andmeans carried by the frame to actuate said shaft to wind and unwind saidreel.

4. In a device of the character described a frame, a shaft mountedtherein, chambers in said shaft, a reel carried by said shaft, hose onsaid reel, one hose being adapted to communicate with one of saidchambers and another hose with another of said chambers, a connectionbetween said chambers, sand reception means in said connection, meansfor adjusting the position of said sand reception means, and meanscariied by the frame to actluate said shaft to wind and unwind said ree5. In a device of the character described a frame, a reel supportedthereby, hose on said j reel and an hydraulic ejector, one of said hosebeing connected to one side of said ejector and the other to the otherside of the ejector.

6. ln a device of the character described a frame, a reel supportedthereby, hose on said reel, an hydraulic ejector so arranged withrelation to said hose that one hose acts as a supply to the ejector andthe other as an eX- haust, and means actuated by the movement of theframe to wind and unwind the reel.

7. ln a device of the character described a frame, a shaft mountedtherein, chambers in said shaft, a reel carried by said shaft, chambersin said reel, a plurality of hose on said reel, connections between saidhose and said chambers, connections between said chambers so that onechamber acts as a supply and another as an exhaust, sand reception meansin said last named connections and means carried by the frame to windand unwind the reel.

8. In a device of the character described, a

frame, wheels thereon, a track for said HIRAM W. BLAISDELL. GEORGE P.BALDWIN.

Witnesses to the signature of Hiram WV. Blaisdell:

WM. T. BARR, W. J PALETHORPE. Witnesses to the signature of George P.Baldwin:

ROBERT W. ASHLEY, M. E. MoNrNci-r.

